Empire Rose Stakes

Opie Bosson farewells New Zealand mare Melody Belle

Posted on May 25, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand jockey Opie Bosson knows the time is right for Melody Belle to stop racing. But it didn’t mean he wasn’t affected by it. Melody Belle ended her racing career at the weekend when finishing fifth in Bosson’s hands in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m), finishing as well as anything behind the runaway[...]

Posted on October 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Damien Oliver wasn't impressed by Shout The Bar's trackwork midweek but the addition of blinkers on race day has proven to be a masterstroke.

Posted on October 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Adam Trinder's star mare Mystic Journey is back to her best but her threat at Flemington could be lightweight Odeum who will carry eight kilos less.

Posted on October 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Junior will saddle up three Group One runners at Flemington, including Redwood Shadow in the Victoria Derby.

Posted on October 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The $7.5 million Golden Eagle is just one of the targets being considered for Godolphin mare Flit after her return to the winner's circle at Randwick.

Posted on July 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The first Group One race of the 2020-21 Australian racing season is in trainer John Thompson’s sights with stable stalwart Dreamforce. Dreamforce broke through for a deserved Group One win during the Sydney autumn carnival in the George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill in March before failing in his final start of the campaign in[...]

Posted on November 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand’s star mare Melody Belle has added a Group One win in Australia with a dominant performance in the Empire Rose Stakes at a rain-soaked Flemington. Already a winner of nine Group One races in New Zealand including six this year, Melody Belle was racing in Australia for the first time since March last[...]

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Grahame Begg believes Miss Siska is peaking at the right time for the Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington and is convinced the mare is well over the odds for the Group One race. A half-sister to multiple Group One-winning sprinter Hay List, Miss Siska went close to winning the Queen of the Turf (1600m)[...]

Posted on November 1, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

EMPIRE ROSE STAKES The $1 million Empire Rose Stakes is a Group One weight-for-age race run over 1600m for fillies and mares at Melbourne’s Flemington racecourse It will run as race five at 2.20pm AEDT on Saturday, November 2 HISTORY First run as a Listed race in 1988 and won by the Colin Hayes-trained Concordance[...]

Posted on October 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer David Brideoake will not worry about what conditions are thrown at Princess Jenni as she attempts to close out her spring campaign with a Group One win. Princess Jenni is one of the leading fancies for the Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington on Saturday with Brideoake saying the mare has had the perfect lead-up[...]

Posted on October 31, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Wendy Roche has been forced to rely on the kindness of a fellow trainer to get Nettoyer to Melbourne for a Group One race on Derby day after her horse float was sabotaged. Roche, who is based at Warwick Farm, initially thought mischievous vandals had slashed five of her tyres but quickly learned the damage[...]

Posted on October 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A year after winning the VRC Oaks at Flemington, four-year-old Aristia is set for another of the Group One features during the Melbourne Cup carnival. Trained at the course by Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra, Aristia runs in Saturday’s Group One Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) when she will be striving to register her first win[...]

Posted on October 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Ken Keys may not have had too many opportunities at the highest level but saddles two chances in a bid for an elusive Group One victory. Keys has been training for more than 30 years and from 40 starters in Group One races the closest he has come was in the 2014 Caulfield Guineas[...]

Posted on October 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star New Zealand mare Melody Belle has drawn a wide barrier in a capacity field for the Group One Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington. A nine-time Group One winner in New Zealand including three this spring, the Jamie Richards-trained Melody Belle has drawn barrier 13 in the field of 16 for Saturday’s 1600m weight-for-age race[...]

Posted on October 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin trainer James Cummings admits he is “terrified” of Melody Belle as he prepares two mares to clash with the star New Zealander in the Group One Empire Rose Stakes. The Jamie Richards-trained Melody Belle is New Zealand’s reigning Horse of the Year and has won three Group One races this season to take her[...]

Posted on October 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cox Plate placegetter Te Akau Shark will return home to New Zealand for a spell with trainer Jamie Richards to switch his attention to stablemate Melody Belle. The mare runs on Saturday at Flemington where she will try to add the Group One Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) to her three elite level wins at home[...]

Posted on October 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Ken Keys has adopted a different spring campaign with Spanish Reef who returned to winning form in the Ladies’ Day Vase at Caulfield. In the past two years Keys has tried winning his hometown Cranbourne Cup with the mare, but this campaign he has altered his sights to the Group One Empire Rose Stakes[...]

Opie Bosson farewells New Zealand mare Melody Belle

Oliver Says Bott’s Blinker Idea Wins Race

Trinder Fearful Of Young Mystic In Rose

Price Ready For A Big Week At Flemington

Flit Could Bypass Eagle For Interstate Group 1

Winx Stakes First-Up Target For Dreamforce

Melody Belle Wins Group One Empire Rose

Miss Siska Peaking At Right Time For Group 1

A Guide To The $1m Group One Empire Rose

Princess Jenni Set To Shine In Empire Rose

Horse Float Vandalised, Tyres Slashed

Aristia Aims For Another Flemington Group 1 Win

Keys With Two Group 1 Contenders On Derby Day

Wide Draw For Melody Belle In Empire Rose

Cummings Fears Melody Belle In Empire Rose

Melody Belle For Group 1, Shark Goes Home

Spanish Reef Returns To Form At Caulfield

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